Do you get gas????
#41
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I see you live in SoCA. I used to work for an oil shipping company and we used to transport CARB gas from the BP refinery in Cherry Point WA, and deliver it to Conoco, Shell, Chevron and sometimes Valero. Point is, BP sells a lot of gas to other companies. So even when people think thay are buying only one brand, truth is you are all buying the same gas.
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I see you live in SoCA. I used to work for an oil shipping company and we used to transport CARB gas from the BP refinery in Cherry Point WA, and deliver it to Conoco, Shell, Chevron and sometimes Valero. Point is, BP sells a lot of gas to other companies. So even when people think thay are buying only one brand, truth is you are all buying the same gas.
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Yeah, this thread has been educational to say the least. I'm certainly not out to harm the messenger. I sure hope BP gets the spill under control - quick. Seeing what's happening to wildlife and the poor folks who've lost their lively hood nauseates me, as I'm sure it has most others.
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I use Shell or Marathon 93, don't pay attention to anybody else here, I'm the only one who knows best.
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I have a few gas credit cards from major companies so, for convenience, use these. But when trekking off the grid you gas up where you find it! At around 120 miles I'll start looking for a station, rather than chance running out, even though I am averaging 45mpg (my bike has a 5.1-gallon tank).
I'd like to point out that, in over 50 years of driving, in most of the states and even in rural Canada, Mexico and Baja California, I have never had a problem which I could blame on buying poor quality gas (high-compression engines pinging on regular notwithstanding). I think people have many more problems caused by old gas and condensation in tanks not kept near full. Gas loses its' octane or cetane rating as it ages.
#46
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I run 93 Octane from whatever pump is the cheapest. Never had a issue. It is of my opinion that pretty much all the gas is the same anymore there are standards that regulate them all, big corps just give you that beware if you shop elsewhere fear to keep you buying from them. Kinda like the MOCO with buy from us or you will void the warranty ETC ,ETC.
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My 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty seems to run on anything and any octane. Never skips a beat or pings. I bump the octane when I am planning on hauling something. Other then that I just run regular gas through it. Now my wifes Olds Cutlass seems to only like Shell gas. I didn't believe it until we took it on vacation one year. So her car get a regular dose of Shell gas to make it happy. The Road King also runs on anything. I feed it a steady diet of high octane to make it happy.
I know there are comments all over the place about gas and what's in it. There are many more people in the know then I am. All I know is that I run what runs best, and I am good with that.
Jim
I know there are comments all over the place about gas and what's in it. There are many more people in the know then I am. All I know is that I run what runs best, and I am good with that.
Jim
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My 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty seems to run on anything and any octane. Never skips a beat or pings. I bump the octane when I am planning on hauling something. Other then that I just run regular gas through it. Now my wifes Olds Cutlass seems to only like Shell gas. I didn't believe it until we took it on vacation one year. So her car get a regular dose of Shell gas to make it happy. The Road King also runs on anything. I feed it a steady diet of high octane to make it happy.
I know there are comments all over the place about gas and what's in it. There are many more people in the know then I am. All I know is that I run what runs best, and I am good with that.
Jim
I know there are comments all over the place about gas and what's in it. There are many more people in the know then I am. All I know is that I run what runs best, and I am good with that.
Jim